Effect of a Nutrition Support Formula in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Pilot Study.

Jennifer Joan Ryan Douglas A HanesRyan D BradleyNikhat Contractor

Published in: Global advances in health and medicine (2019)

Serum folate and RDW improved in adults with IBD after 12 weeks. Modulation of leukocyte subtypes was also observed, including a decrease in neutrophils and an increase in lymphocytes, with no change in total WBC count. A randomized, controlled study to further examine effects of the nutrition support formula will be initiated to follow up on this promising, but preliminary investigation.

Keyphrases

peripheral blood
physical activity
human milk
ulcerative colitis
low birth weight
preterm infants